Feank myers



F. MYERS.

END GATE.

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Patented May 22,1883.

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ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MYERS, OF AURORA, NEBRASKA;

EN D -GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,167, dated May 22, 1883 Application filed March 30, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MYERS, of Aurora, in the county of Hamilton and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved End-Gate," of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My improved end-gate for wagon-boxes consists of three sections, whereof two sections meeting together at the center of thebox are hinged at or about their centers, on the insides, to a middle section, which has a staple projecting'through notches .in the other sections, and receiving a key to hold them together with said middle section, the outer ends ofthe end sections of the gate being held in the cleats of the side-boards ot'the box, and also being provided with hooks which connect with the sideboards and draw them up tightly against the ends of the end-board, when itis secured by its key, making a simple and eflicient endboard that may be readily released by detaching the key by which the said sections are connected, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters 0L. reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end portion of a wagon-box provided with my improved end-gate, the gate being fastened'in its position, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing the key detached and the end-gate partly opened.

I take two sections, a, which together extend from side to side, I), and enter the grooves 0 between the cleats 61, when their other ends abut together at the middle, and binge them at e, on the inside, to the ends of the middle section, f, to which I attach the staple g, to fasten sections a up to it by key h, the ends of section a being suitably notched for the staple "to project through them when they are closed up to section f.

To fasten the side-boards b to the end-gate,

(ModeL) tions it by eyeboltsj, and booking with other eyebolts, 70, secured in the side-boards, so that when the sections of the end-gate swing together they draw the side-boards snugly to the ends of said end-gate and hold them securely to it, and when they swing open the hooks'become free, to be readily detached when required. 7

The eyebolts k may have an adjusting-nut, l, to set them as required.

To securetho key h against workingloosc and falling out, I propose to have it connected by an eye-stud, m, in the top to a chain, a, which is permanently connected at one end to one of the sections a by an eye stud or ring, 0, and has a snap-hook,p, to connect detach ably with an eye-stud, g, on. the other end section a. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombinatiomin an end-gate,ot'the two end sections, a, and middle section, f, jointed together at e, and provided with the staple g,

and a key, h, substantially as described.

2. In an end-gate consisting ot'end sections, a, and middle section,f,joi'nted together and secured by stapleg and key h, the said end sections, (t, having hooks 'ipivoted to them, in combination with eyebolts it, connected to the side-boards b, substantially-as described.

3. The combination, in an end-gate, of the end sections, a, middle section, f, staple g, key It, and chain a, said chain being permanently connected at its middle, or thereabout, with the key, and at one end with one of the end sections, a, and detachably connected at the other end with the other end section a, substantially as described.

FRANK MYERS.

-Witnesses:

W. Z. POLLARD, O. E. PECK. 

